Davis v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Senior Judge:
A jury convicted appellant of rape while armed, 1 carnal knowledge of a minor, 2 robbery while armed, 3 Mdnapping while armed, 4 two counts of sodomy on a minor, 5 and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. 6 Appellant makes two claims on appeal: (1) that the trial court erred when it denied his alibi witness’ pretrial motion to disclose the transcript of her own grand jury testimony, and (2) that the trial court erred when, instead of dismissing the indictment, the court gave a missing evidence instruction as sanction for the government’s failure to preserve…
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